The Format Page looks like this:
Look at the underlined headings on the left. You see GRAPH AREA, GRAPH TYPE, SCALE, and BARS.
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• With the area specifications, you tell the program the size of the graph, where to print it, and how to arrange some of its parts.
• With the type specifications, you tell the program which type of graph you want.
• With the scale specifications, you tell the program how to set up the scaled axis.
• With the bars specifications, you tell the program how many bars and segments you want.
To fill in the Format Page, you use LINE and RVRSE
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LINE to move the highlighting to the fication you want. You can also use PARA as in word processing to move quickly to the first speci-fication of the next group (for example, from LEFT MARGIN to TYPE OF BAR).• If the specification must be a number, type a number. The number you type will automatically re-place the number already in the column.
• If the specification must be a word (for example, SEGMENTED BAR), use CHAR to flip through the available responses and set the one you want.
Now let's look at each specification. Most of them are shown in the illustration on page 23.
Graph Area
By setting the area specifications, you create a rectangular field for your graph. The graph area is a guideline. The program will extend the area if all of your graph will not fit. (You will learn later how to adjust it yourself when you view the graph.)
LEFT MARGIN
RIGHT MARGIN
GRAPH SIZE
Characters from the left edge of the page to the left border of the graph area.
Characters from the left edge of the page to the right border of the graph area.
The height of the graph area in lines.
You use the next two specifications to establish how the program will insert the graph area into a doc-ument. Imagine that you are pasting down the graph area in a docdoc-ument. The area will have a top and bottom margin of its own within the text area.
GRAPH TOP MARGIN
GRAPH BOTTOM MARGIN
Blank lines between the last line of a document and the top of the graph area. (If you are going to print the graph on a page of its own, the top margin is the number of blank lines after the TOP MARGIN on your Master Format Page to the top of the graph area.)
Blank lines between the bottom of the graph area and the first line of the document. (If you are going to print the graph on a page of its own, you don't need a bottom margin. You can leave the default 3.) After you have filled out these specifications, you can picture the graph area like the illustration on page 23. The gray field would contain your graph. There are margins for inserting it into a document.
Now you start building the graph itself. You use the next three specifications to define the placement of some graph parts within the graph area. (Again, see the illustration on page 23.)
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X AXIS MARGIN
Characters from the left border of the graph area to the beginning of the X axis. On a vertical graph, enter the length of the longest scale label plus one. On a horizontal graph, enter the length of the longest bar label plus one.
On a vertical graph, character spaces between the last bar and the icons. On a horizontal graph, character spaces between the end of the X axis and the icons.
Character spaces between the icon and its label.
Pitch of the print wheel you will use to print the graph. Use CHAR to set the pitch at PS, 10, or 12.
Use CHAR to set the response at either SEGMENTED BAR or CLUSTER BAR.
Use CHAR to set the response at either VERTICAL or HORIZON-TAL. The scaled axis is vertical on a vertical graph and horizontal on a horizontal graph.
Lowest number on the scaled axis. For example, the minimum value for the graph on page 23 is zero.
Highest number on the scaled axis. For example, the maximum value for the graph on page 23 is 12. On a segmented bar graph, the scale maximum must at least equal the value represented by the larg-est bar. On a cluster-bar graph, it must at least equal the value rep-resented by the largest segment. Be sure that you can divide the maximum into even increments for the scale labels.
Establishes how often the program will place a scale label between the minimum and maximum values. For example, the label interval for the graph on page 23 is 2. Use an interval that divides the max-imum value evenly. If not, the program will extend the axis from the highest possible label to where the maximum would be, but it won't print the maximum. For example, if the label interval for the graph on page 23 were 5, the program would plan a label at 5 and 10. It would extend the Y axis up to where 12 would be, but it would not print 12. You can have up to ten labels. So choose your label interval with this in mind. For example, if your scale goes from zero to 100 and you choose a label interval of 5, the program will stop printing labels at 50.
The value indicated by the labels. For example, the notation multiple for the graph on page 23 is I billion. The program divides the data you enter for the graph by the notation multiple. For example, on the
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